A flip-chip package is described. The flip-chip package includes a chip, a substrate, supporters and electrically conductive adhesive bumps. The electrically conductive adhesive bumps are located between the chip and the substrate electrically connecting the bonding pads on the former and the bump pads on the latter, wherein each electrically conductive adhesive bump has a smaller diameter at the central portion thereof than at the end portions thereof. The supporters are also disposed between the chip and the substrate surrounding the active area of the chip, so that the chip can be supported on the substrate.
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1. A flip-chip packaging process, comprising at least the steps of: providing a chip and a substrate, wherein the chip has an active surface with bonding pads disposed thereon, and the substrate has a carrying surface with bump pads disposed thereon, wherein locations of the bump pads correspond to locations of the bonding pads; disposing a plurality of supporters at a periphery of the active surface, and forming an uncured electrically conductive adhesive bump on each bump pad; situating the chip over the carrying surface of the substrate to connect the active surface and the carrying surface via the supporters with a distance between the active surface and the carrying surface; pressing the chip toward the substrate to decrease the distance between the active surface and the carrying surface, so as to cause elastic strain in the supporters and increase a contact area between each pair of electrically conductive adhesive bump and bonding pad; stopping pressing the chip, so that the electrically conductive adhesive bumps, each connecting a bonding pad and a corresponding bump pad, have a smaller diameter at a central portion thereof than at end portions thereof; and curing the electrically conductive adhesive bumps.
2. The flip-chip packaging process of claim 1 , wherein disposing the supporters comprises disposing a plurality of gold bumps.
3. The flip-chip packaging process of claim 1 , wherein each electrically conductive adhesive bump comprises a polymeric material doped with a plurality of electrically conductive particles.
4. The flip-chip packaging process of claim 3 , wherein the electrically conductive particles comprise silver (Ag).
5. The flip-chip packaging process of claim 1 , wherein the electrically conductive adhesive bumps are formed on the bump pads with a screen printing method.
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